Has anyone built a play stand or a gym for their quaker? I am going to tell my husband when he gets home this weekend that I need one ask if he could build one. He is very handy. Any ideas? I cannot spend any more $$ on Otis.(until the next time I go shopping) Everytime I go shopping I spend way too much.
jkramer

Quick, easy and cheap.....I found one in a book I bought but sounds crazy. At Big Lots, Wal-marts, Target... most stores sell wooden dish racks for about $8-10. Add toys (I buy a lot of the toys at dollar stores in the baby section) here is a couple pictures of one I made. (And don't need to wait for hubby to do anything!)

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Thanks for the great ideas!!! I am going to go shopping today!!
jkramer

here's the one I built out of trash:

If you scroll down in this thread I give some fairly detailed instructions on how I make my "Bird Trees". Parts cost about $40-$50 Canadian. It should keep your hubby out of your hair for a few hours.



http://www.quakerparrots.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14296


I forgot to add that I put small castors on the bottom so they can be rolled around the room rather than carried.

Just make sure the wood is safe...otherwise what a cute idea on the dish rack...

I just got a good size treee branch and stuck it in a nice big cement pot....held it up with big rocks and 1/2 bricks.

I have a woods behind our house. Any kind of wood I CAN'T use? We have mainly maple trees. But, lots of limbs fall down in storms and such. your play gym looks good.

http://www.plannedparrothood.com/plants.HTML#TOP


Before installing
them in any cage, scrub
all branches with a
non-toxic disinfectant
(such as diluted chlorine
bleach), then rinse and
dry well.

opps the link didn`t work the first time trying again..
http://www.plannedparrothood.com/plants.html#TOP

Those are GREAT!

Wow ron i am looking at your trees those are awesome. You save a lot of money being creative.

This is awesome! I am not very creative and never would have thought of such a thing! Thanks for the idea!

Keep in mind you can buy baby toys at dollar stores (plastic keys, rattles, etc) and use them for toys and use wood spoons for perches. Buy a bag of plastic straws and tie them together and hang them for your little guy to chew on. There are a lot of "homemade" toys that can be done real cheap and they enjoy more than the ones you spend big money on.